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oblong, obtusely acuminated, with distant serratures: racemeg 
compound, terminal and axillary, almost without prickles, pubes: 
vent: petals stamens and capsules 4: seed 1, shining, black. 
Peninsula. 
(3), Z. taipnyttum. (Juss.) 
Ident. Dala. Bomb. flor. p: 45. 
Syn. Fagara triphylla, Linn. Roxb. ft. Ind. 1. p. 416.—Z; 
Zeylanicum, Dec. prod. I. p. 728.—Evodia triphylla, Dec. prod, 
I. p. 724. : 2 
Engrav. Rumph. Amb. II. t: 62.—Wight’s Icon. t. 149. 
Spec. CHa: Small tree without prickles: leaves opposite, trifos 
liolate: leaflets oblong, somewhat unequal-sided at the base, acumi- 
nated: panicles axillary, longer than the petioles: capsule obovate, 
smooth: flowers small, white. . 
_ Western Ghauts, flowering in April and May. According to 
Rumphius, the Amboyna women prepare a cosmetic from the bark, 
and apply it to improve their complexions. 
(4) Z. ovatrrotium. (Ri W.) 
Ident. Wight's Ul. L. p. 169. 
Srec. Cuan. Shrub, unarmed : leaves alternate, trifdliolate i 
leaflets oval, somewhat cuneate at the base, entire: panicles axil- 
lary, longer than the leaves: the short side branches terminating 
in small capitate clusters of flowers: fruit about the size of a pea, 
l-seeded. 
Shevagherry Hills, flowering in August. 
(5) Z. szptanium. (R. W.) 
Ident. Wight’s Til. I. p. 169. 
Spec. Car. Ramous shrub, armed with numerous stiaight 
prickles: leaves trifoliolate, short«petioled : leaflets oval, crenulate 
on the margin, coriaceous: panicles shorter than the leaves, few 
flowered: fruit about the size of a pea, 1-seeded. 
Pulicat Hitls, neay Madras. 
(6) Z. atatum. (Roxb. ) 
Ident. Roxb. ft. Ind. III. p. 768. 
_ Syn. Z. armatum, Dec. prod. 1. p. 727.—Z. acanthobodium, 
Dec, l. ec. 
Spec. Cuar. Small shrub, armed with straight: thorns: leaves 
pinnate, opposite: leaflets oblong, acuminated at both ends, entire: 
petioles unarmed : panicles terminal or subaxillary : flowers small, 
greenish. 
Rochilcund and Oude, flowering in the hot season, 
